tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2024 Issue Q1

Reader Questions: Protect Your Practice’s Electronic Signatures

Question: In our recent risk evaluation, we discovered that the electronic signatures we and our patients use could potentially be accessed by an external party. Fortunately, this was just an audit simulation and no actual breaches occurred. However, we are seeking advice on how to better safeguard this information in the future. Florida Subscriber Answer: There are a few things that your organization can do to ensure that your patients’ e-signatures are more secure. Even though it’s not a requirement under the HIPAA Security Rule, you may want to use software and form generators that employ encryption to...

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